Writing News

News

Finishing Line Press will publish the poetry chapbook Just Another Jack: The Private Lives of Nursery Rhymes by nonfiction alumna Michele Herman '85 in January of 2022. 

Adjunct Assistant Professor and alumna Hilary Leichter ’12 has landed a two-book deal with Ecco Press after auction.

Tides by alumna Sara Freeman ‘13 is now available for pre-order from Grove Atlantic.

A new full-length poetry collection by alumnus Brandan Griffin ’19 is ready for pre-order with Chicago University Press.

The Alumni Spotlight is a place to hear from the School of the Arts alumni community about their journeys as artists and creators.

The short story “Annulment” by alumnus Francisco González ‘19 was recently named a Distinguished Mystery and Suspense Story in The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2021.

Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge, translated from the Chinese by Assistant Professor Jeremy Tiang, was recently named runner-up of the 2021 Warwick Prize for Women in Translation.

Last year, The Office of the Provost issued a request for proposals to provide seed grant funding for faculty within the Columbia community that engage with issues of structural racism.

Equestrian Monuments, a poetry collection by Luis Chaves and co-translated by two alumnae, Julia Guez ‘11 and Assistant Professor Samantha Zighelboim ‘11, will be published by After Hours Editions early 2022.

On November 18, 2021, Writing Program students interested in the lineup of professors for the Spring semester had the opportunity to get to know incoming Assistant Professor Diksha Basu, as she joined Ravina Aggarwal, Director of Columbia Global Centers | Mumbai for a virtual installment of Indian Stories on the Global Stage. 

Nonfiction alumna Lacy Warner ‘16 recently debuted her first short documentary, A Journey of Sight: The Long Road Toward Curing River Blindness, with Epic Digital and Vox Media.

Student Series

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From Here to There

by Lisa Cochran

A series in conversation with recent Writing alumni whose books are hitting the shelves, where we reflect on what the writing life looks like on the other side.

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This Is Who We Are

by Carlos Barragán

A series featuring Columbia School of the Arts’ professors, covering careers, pedagogy, and art-making.

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Past Lives

by Jessie Shohfi

A series featuring Columbia writers who began their professional lives on different career paths.